MIDDLE RIVER, MD – A video of dolphins swimming in local waters is going viral. On Tuesday, the Baltimore County Police Department shared a video that was captured by one of its marine units. The video shows a group of dolphins swimming near Hart Miller Island. “Officers from the Marine Unit spotted around a dozen dolphins yesterday in Hawk Cove […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced the awarding of $30.9 million in grants to local communities to implement projects that will restore local waterways, increase climate resilience, and develop the next generation of environmental stewards. “We are pleased to support these innovative projects that will help us achieve our environmental goals,” Maryland Department of […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan are forecasting a large Chesapeake Bay “dead zone” in 2019 due to above-average river flows associated with increased rainfall in the watershed since last fall. “The forecast this year reflects the high levels of precipitation that have been observed across the Bay’s watershed,” said report […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, announced that the results of the 2019 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey showed that the Bay-wide blue crab population increased 60% from last year, to an estimated total population of 594 million crabs. “We are proud of our administration’s strong record of skilled environmental stewardship, which begins with safeguarding […]
Maryland State Parks, the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, Historic Jerusalem Mill Village, and Project Clean Stream are looking for help with a stream clean-up at Gunpowder Falls State Park. The event will take place along the Jones Road Trail (10400 Jones Road) in Kingsville on Saturday, April 6, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will be cleaning up the […]
Baltimore County has purchase several acres of land in Middle River that will be preserved as “Open Space.” Using environmentally beneficial Program Open Space funding, the county will be acquiring 22.93 acres on the southwest corner of Bengies Road and Bourque Avenue (21220). The announcement was made on Tuesday by County Executive Don Mohler and Councilwoman Cathy Bevins. These large […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Hogan administration has awarded funding to 18 recipients through the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to improve the health of Maryland’s waterways. The Trust Fund allows Maryland to accelerate Chesapeake Bay restoration and improve water quality by focusing targeted financial investments and resources on the most efficient and cost-effective non-point source pollution control projects. […]
Governor Larry Hogan, joined by Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller and Speaker of the House Mike Busch, on Thursday signed landmark legislation to stabilize Maryland’s health care insurance market and prevent rates from soaring. “This problem should have been solved in Washington, but nothing has been done. Our team has been working on potential solutions for more than a […]